Review General Comment List Resource¶

Added in 1.6

Provides information on general comments made on a review.

If the review is a draft, then comments can be added, deleted, or changed on this list. However, if the review is already published, then no changes can be made.

Details¶

Name	`general_comments`
URI	`/api/review-requests/{review_request_id}/reviews/{review_id}/general-comments/`
Required Features	reviews.general_comments
Token Policy ID	`review_general_comment`
HTTP Methods	GET - Returns the list of general comments made on a review. POST - Creates a general comment on a review.
Parent Resource	Review Resource
Child Resources	Review General Comment Resource

Links¶

Name	Method	Resource
create	POST	Review General Comment List Resource
self	GET	Review General Comment List Resource

HTTP GET¶

Returns the list of general comments made on a review.

Request Parameters¶

counts-onlyBoolean	If specified, a single `count` field is returned with the number of results, instead of the results themselves.
max-resultsInteger	The maximum number of results to return in this list. By default, this is 25. There is a hard limit of 200; if you need more than 200 results, you will need to make more than one request, using the “next” pagination link.
startInteger	The 0-based index of the first result in the list. The start index is usually the previous start index plus the number of previous results. By default, this is 0.

Errors¶

100 - Does Not ExistHTTP 404 - Not Found	Object does not exist
101 - Permission DeniedHTTP 403 - Forbidden	You don’t have permission for this
103 - Not Logged InHTTP 401 - Unauthorized	You are not logged in
105 - Invalid Form DataHTTP 400 - Bad Request	One or more fields had errors
112 - OAuth2 Missing Scope ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	Your OAuth2 token lacks the necessary scopes for this request.
113 - OAuth2 Access Denied ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	OAuth2 token access for this resource is prohibited.

HTTP POST¶

Creates a general comment on a review.

This will create a new comment on a review. The comment contains text only.

Extra data can be stored later lookup. See Storing/Accessing Extra Data for more information.

Request Parameters¶

textRich Text	Required The comment text. Added in 2.0
force_text_typeOne of `plain`, `markdown`, `html`	The text type, if any, to force for returned text fields. The contents will be converted to the requested type in the payload, but will not be saved as that type. Added in 2.0.9
issue_openedBoolean	Whether the comment opens an issue. Added in 2.0
text_typeOne of `plain`, `markdown`	The content type for the comment text field. The default is `plain`. Added in 2.0

Errors¶

100 - Does Not ExistHTTP 404 - Not Found	Object does not exist
101 - Permission DeniedHTTP 403 - Forbidden	You don’t have permission for this
103 - Not Logged InHTTP 401 - Unauthorized	You are not logged in
105 - Invalid Form DataHTTP 400 - Bad Request	One or more fields had errors
112 - OAuth2 Missing Scope ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	Your OAuth2 token lacks the necessary scopes for this request.
113 - OAuth2 Access Denied ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	OAuth2 token access for this resource is prohibited.

Examples¶

application/vnd.reviewboard.org.general-comments+json¶

$ curl https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/ -H "Accept: application/json"

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Length: 959
Content-Type: application/vnd.reviewboard.org.general-comments+json
ETag: 07a7ab802de604093f6055238b96692f51f53f66
Item-Content-Type: application/vnd.reviewboard.org.general-comment+json
Vary: Accept, Cookie
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

{
  "general_comments": [
    {
      "extra_data": {}, 
      "id": 1, 
      "issue_opened": false, 
      "issue_status": "", 
      "links": {
        "delete": {
          "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/1/", 
          "method": "DELETE"
        }, 
        "self": {
          "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/1/", 
          "method": "GET"
        }, 
        "update": {
          "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/1/", 
          "method": "PUT"
        }, 
        "user": {
          "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/users/admin/", 
          "method": "GET", 
          "title": "admin"
        }
      }, 
      "public": true, 
      "text": "This is a general comment", 
      "text_type": "plain", 
      "timestamp": "2017-10-03T09:02:43Z"
    }
  ], 
  "links": {
    "create": {
      "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/", 
      "method": "POST"
    }, 
    "self": {
      "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/", 
      "method": "GET"
    }
  }, 
  "stat": "ok", 
  "total_results": 1
}